Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,140, Arthur Emons, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Emmons, Arthur
S. 29,140
Emmons or
CONTENTS

3616
New York
Arthur Emmons
of Allego in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lewis — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wolcott — in the Connecticut line for 13 1/2 months — " — " —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars — Less per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Decr: 1832 — " — " — and sent to Jas. Bloodworth Burlington
Arrears to 4th of Apr 1832 $ 67 50 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Nov '33 22.50
$ 90.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Inc Cromwell
Recorded by Book D.
Vol. 5.
Page 84
Clerk

Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the two revisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 State of New York Otsego County
On this 15th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared Nathan Purnell a resident of the town of Herk- mont in said county and being first duly sworn according to law before James C Mayworth Esquire area of the judges of the county courts of the said county of Otsego in which the following Declaration was and did oath that he was born in the town of Litchfield in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut in the year 1757 and is now 75 years of age than in the year 1775 at the town Litchfield in the St. of Connecticut he entitled thinks about the first of November in to Captain ————— brother's company Lieutenant to James Blake Ensign Luther Bassett of State Troops for the town of said town and went into immediately into service in the said town of Litchfield and was discharged about two months then highered his brother as a substitute to speak out his term of enlistment

Then a year in the year 1776 at the town of Little Poughkeepsie in the mouth of that the Hudson was drafted in the Militia into Captain Watts Goodrich's company and later Woolcott's Regiment under Gen. McIntosh and was marched immediately to the city of New York a guarding the city until the Battle of Long Island in August then retreated to Horns Hook 9 miles from N. York there was taken prisoner and was brought to Fort Clinton into a Hospital there until the 10th of November and was then discharged before Col. McIntosh's battalion and then returned to Poughkeepsie afterwards then again at the town of Poughkeepsie in the year 1777 the Militia being called out he volunteered and went with them under Captain Bryant's Standard company and went to Hudson in the State of New York and to Poughkeepsie a watching the movements of the enemy in their shipping in the Hudson and the forces along the shore and did five months service at five different times in the repeated Militia along the shores of the Hudson River under the same Captain Bryant's Standard

and his Subaltern Officers Lieutenant Ephraim Harrison and Ensign Jonah Sanford was stationed one Month at Brown Point 9 miles from Pecks Hill was on this duty at Fishkill at the time of Burgoyne's Surrender in October saw the British force the time that it went up to burn Esopus then again was drafted in the militia and went to driving a team from Litchfield to Danbury a transporting Ammunition there was about one month in this service then again was drafted and set to driving the teams from Litchfield to Fishkill appointed under Captain Baldwin of the militia and was out this time about one month and then returned to Litchfield was in the service at Danbury the night after it was burned in the militia and there heard of Gen. Warner being wounded and soon after of his death and followed the enemy to the shore and saw them a board of their vessels and thus he has no Documentary Evidence to prove his service and that he has never been mentioned any written

Discharge and that since the war he has lived in the State of Connecticut and for 22 years in the County of Otsego in the State of New York which he now lives and from his advanced age and bodily infirmities is not able to attend the county courts
He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Rolls of the Agency of any State
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above said. J. H. V. E. S. O. N.
Before James C. Thew worth a justice of the peace common Pleas
Attest C. C. C.

State of New York
Otsego County ss
But known that Peter
Harnham a resident of the town of Butternuts in the said county being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he is 63 years of age that in the state of Connecticut in the town of Litchfield he resided during the revolutionary war and he was acquainted with Arthur Gunn Gunn the above applicant and relates that he went to New York in Captain Gunn's company and that he was gone some time and that it was then reported that he was sick in the hospitals and that he was sick a long time and at some time afterwards he and his deponent's father went into in the intention to gather in some company and were gone for 2 months and that he went out at other times a driving a team a transporting Ammunition Ammunition some where that does not recollect where or how long he was gone and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that he is so infirm that he cannot attend the courts
Subscribed and sworn to this 13th day of August Before me James B Manders a Judge of Otsego County courts
Peter Harnham

State of New York
Onondaga County, ss. Be it known that Oliver Conners of the town of Baldwinsville in the said county being duly sworn according to law upon his oath maketh the following affidavit and saith that he is 64 years of age that he is the brother of Arthur Conners that has read the above declaration in his present and that he will remember of the said
Affiant that at the town of the  present Libokfoss in the of Connersville that he entered under lieutenant James Clarke in the company of Captain Custer for the term of one year and after he had been a enlisted his brother and took his place and marched to Lake George and served with his time and that some time in the year of 1876 that his brother Arthur the above affiant went off with the militia to New York under Captain Gandy and that he was gone for some time he does not recollect how long at an other time recollects that his brother Arthur aforesaid was arrested and taken to a train to transport him to a station where he does not recollect where now how long he was there and and that he is as much as 75 years of age and from his bodily infirmities that he is

invaluable to all human beings and that he is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to credit in his statements and further saith the note Oliver Emery I swear and subscribe this 16th of 1832 before me James C Walworth a Judge of the common pleas
Andrew Emery
State of New York Otsego County ss. I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do certify that James Walworth before whom the preceding affidavit purporting to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of Otsego County Court and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscri- bed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature Witness my hand & seal of Office the 20th day of Augt 1832 Horace Lathrop By Thos K. Cory Dept.

We Samuel Waterfield a clergyman residing in the town of Butternuts in the county of Otsego and State of New York and Alexander Bryant of the same place Do certify that we are well acquainted with Arthur Conner that has lived in and subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration and that we believe that he is as much as 75 years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolutionary War and that he concurs in that opinion Subscribed and sworn to this year and day aforesaid Before me Samuel Waterfield James C. Waterfield Atty. Bryant
a Judge of Otsego County Levi

Attygo County Pa. I James C. Mansfield the Judge mentioned in the above Dectarations Do hereby that after a careful investigation of the matters and after having the interrogations prescribed by the war Department as declared it is my opinion that the above applicant (Arthur Evans) was a Soldier of the Revolution and served as we states And I the said Judge do further certify and declare that it appears to me, Samuel Makepeace Alexander Bryant Oliver Evans and Peter ... that have signed the above certificates and affidavits and sworn to the same are each of them Residents of the town of Butternuts and are all of them respectable persons and to full credit in their statements
and that it further appears to me that the above named Applicants from bodily infirm- ities is unable to attend the courts.
In testimony whereof I have here subscribed my name this 16th day of August 1832
James C. Mansfield Judge of Attygo County Pa.
Arthur Evans
116064
26 " "
13 1/2 - paid Mich 2 mo. ... ...
admitted 13 1/2 $45 75

Amended Declaration
Otago County ss
Personally appeared before me Arthur Ennos the undersigned - a Justice of the Peace residing in the town of Buttermilk in the County of Otago Arthur Ennos who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service services but according to the best of his recollection he said not less than the periods mentioned and in the following grades for one year and three months and fifteen days and for such I served as a private in the United States service and two months of that time I was put by my commanding Officer a driving a team and for such service I claim Pension And that I never served as a substitute for any other person Subscribed and sworn to this 3 rd day of December 1832 } Arthur Ennos Before me Sam l B. Gilbert a Justice of the Peace of Otago County

State of New York } Otsego County } ss. I Horace Lathrop Clerk of said County do certify that Samuel C Gilbert before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in for said County that I am acquainted with his hand writing sincerely believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit is his own proper hand writing & sign- ature Witness my hand & seal of Office this 7 th day of Dec r 1832 Horace Lathrop By J. K. Clegg Deputy

Mr. 6064 Arthur Cummings
5:16
Aug. 22 1832 Nov. 8 1832
P-24
James C Walworth
Burlington N.Y.

No. 6264
BRIEF in the case of  Arthur Emmons of Butternuts  County of Otsego in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does  3. How old is he? Seventy Five years = 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted, thinks about 18 November In 1775 1 - of which he served two months & lived in Providence & substituted for the balance of the term private Gen. Capt Curtis' Comp. of Connecticut State Troops, Lieut James Colbeck. Resign Luther Ripell   about 1 st July 1776, until last Nov. " " — 5 — ditto Col. M'Clusky reg t of Militia Capt Nathan Goaden's Comp   in 1777. term not stated then again was drafted about 2 — ditto transferred Capt Bryant & Hartley Comp under Col. Baldwin of the Militia  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Not any 
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Litchfield, Connecticut 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses as to part of his service, By a Clergyman, & citizen of the same town as to his tradition, the respectability & credibility of all verified agreeably to the regulations. 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No objections 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Wilson Examining Clerk.

and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HMM
July 19, 1929.
Mrs. Rex Greene Todd, 1000 E Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 29140, it appears that Arthur pensioned Emmons (Emmons) was born in 1757 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Litchfield, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From about November 1, 1775 two months in Captain Curtis' Company; from about July 1, 1776 until late in November 1776 in Captain Nathaniel Gooden's Company in Colonel Wolcott's Regiment; he was in the retreat from capture of Long Island; in 1777 he served five enlistments of one month each in Captain Bryant Stoddard's Company; he served about two months as teamster, one month of which was under Captain Baldwin, time of enlistment not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Butternuts, Otsego County, New York. He had lived there for twenty-two years.
There are no data relative to wife and children.
Soldier's brother Oliver

Rev
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Arthur Emons that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau; and there is no record of Russell Emons (searched under all spellings of the name).
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

Washington, D.C., March 24, 1929.
Bureau of Pensions:
Please tell me if Arthur Emmons and Russell Emmons are pensioners of the Revolutionary War or of the War of 1812.
They belong to the Litchfield, Conn. family of Emmons; but I am not sure that they enlisted in Litchfield.
Thanking you for this information I am,
Yours gratefully,
(Mrs.) Rex Greene Lodd 1000 E St. N.W. Washington D.C.